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| Staying Fit While Being Pregnant | November 3, 2009, 7:08 am | visits: 0 | wordcount: 551
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By Annie Janes
While staying fit while being pregnant may be the last thing on your mind it will prove in the end to be extremely beneficial. There are advantages ranging from the release of endorphins to the release of energy as well as less weight gain during pregnancy and in turn causing the weight you do gain to be easier to lose. You want you and your baby to be as healthy as possible and exercising will help you accomplish just that.
Before you even notice the changes on the outside of your body during your pregnancy you will notice the changes on the inside. You may be completely exhausted, experiencing headaches, being almost constantly nauseous along with many other things. These things may make it seem like working out is the last thing you want to do. Don't be too hard on yourself. Always check with your doctor about a workout that is most appropriate for you during the stage you are in and just do what you can. Walking is always a safe way to exercise while being pregnant. It will help release endorphins as well as give you energy. In the process it just may burn a few of those calories that you possible picked up while eating a midnight bowl of ice cream.
You may think that you can just push off the thought of losing the after pregnancy weight until after the pregnancy but don't make that harder than it should be. Maintain healthy habits of right nutrition and exercise, you won't regret it and neither will your baby! It helps to promote a healthy birth weight in your baby as long as you are being good to your body. Also, unhealthy weight gain can be a cause of gestational diabetes among pregnant women which exercise and a good diet will help prevent.
When you finally reach that end point of the pregnancy, the delivery may seem like that last push that a climber reaching the point of Mt. Everest would need the endurance to accomplish. Let me encourage you that working out and eating right may make it a more doable task. While you are pushing through on the walk or jog you are building your physical as well as mental stamina that will come in handy while bringing that new life into the world. You want to give that little sweetheart the best start it can have in life with its own health as well as a mother who will be up and running in no time.
So now you've achieved the healthier pregnancy as well as the hopefully easier delivery. Now it is time for the faster recover, the part I guarantee you will be almost the most pleased about when the time comes. The urge to put those pregnancy clothes way up high in a bin somewhere will come sooner than you think. The desire for a pair of pants with a button and a zipper will have you patting yourself on the back for maintaining good habits of nutrition and exercise that will pay off almost immediately after delivery. Don't get discouraged. The scale numbers will continue to go up but that's because there is a baby inside there! You will have countless benefits to eating right and exercising while you are pregnant. You can do it!
Annie is passionate about every aspect of exercise and fitness. She feels that if you keep your workouts fresh and fun you will continue to work out. If you are looking for an intense home work out before or after you are pregnant she suggests trying out the Insanity Workout by Shaun T, or theSlim in 6 Workout for ladies.
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